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Cancer, testicular
Cancer of the male sex organ (testicle) that normally produces the hormone testosterone. One of the most common cancers in young men. Most testicular cancers are found by men themselves as a lump in the testicle. The risk of cancer of the…
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- Esophageal Pertaining to the esophagus
- Sex-determining region, Y See: Y sex-determining region
- Hormone, thyroxine A chemical substance made by the thyroid gland The thyroid gland uses iodine to make thyroid hormones…
- JAMA The Journal of the American Medical Association. JAMA began publication in 1883. It now bills itself as 'the…
- Assay An assay is an analysis done to determine: > >The presence of a substance and the amount of that substance…
- Rate, maternal mortality The number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by the number of live births (or by the number…
- Defensive medicine Medical practices designed to avert the future possibility of malpractice suits. In defensive medicine…
- Ataxia Wobbliness. Incoordination and unsteadiness due to the brain's failure to regulate the body's posture and…
- Osteonecrosis Bone death resulting from poor blood supply to an area of bone. Also known as aseptic necrosis or avascular…
- Engagement This term in obstetrics refers to the sensation that a pregnant woman feels when the baby drops. This is the…
- Incontinence Inability to control excretions. Urinary incontinence is inability to keep urine in the bladder. Fecal…